Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-05 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 5/8/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >Where one person will look at two photos and like the uncluttered >photo of the airplane against the sky, and wonder why I even bothered >showing the photo with the cluttered distracting background, another >person will wonder why I bothered

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks Dan and Rick. In any set of photos, there will rarely be a unanimous favorite. For that matter, with just about any artistic expression, the stronger that some people will like something, the more that other people will dislike it, and often for the same reasons. Where one person will

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks Cotty. On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 03:27:18PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Actually, I really love this one: > > > > Very evocative of warm summer evenings, going away somewhere on a red- > eye overnight service, t

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-05 Thread Steve Cottrell
Actually, I really love this one: Very evocative of warm summer evenings, going away somewhere on a red- eye overnight service, the smell of aviation fuel in the nostrils, amazing sights as you lift into the sly with a m

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Airports by their very nature and design are cluttered. I amire the way Larry handled that in his images. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > Larry, the SW 737s landing and taking off (top row center and bottom row >

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-05 Thread Rick Womer
Larry, the SW 737s landing and taking off (top row center and bottom row center) are my favorites.  Some of the others are rather cluttered. Cheers, Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, August 2, 2

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 2/8/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >I finally got around to looking at the plane photos I took the night I >photographed the burrowing owl. >They're a bit rougher than I'd like. I was trying to not blow out the >colored lights, so everythng not self illuminated was exposed a bit

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 09:24:03AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > A few of these are very nice indeed, Larry. I particularly like > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9418917251/ and > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9421681002/ of the original set of four > you posted. Thanks. >

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A few of these are very nice indeed, Larry. I particularly like http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9418917251/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9421681002/ of the original set of four you posted. What focal length range were you using? Out towards the 500mm end or a bit shorter? I

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 09:03:10AM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Excellent set. Thanks Paul. > > Paul > On Aug 3, 2013, at 12:18 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > > > 9497 and 9534 are my favourites from a very strong > > set. > > > > Surprised cops didn't arrest you, though. Taking pic

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent set. Paul On Aug 3, 2013, at 12:18 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > 9497 and 9534 are my favourites from a very strong > set. > > Surprised cops didn't arrest you, though. Taking pictures in the dark at the > end of a runway? Clearly terrorist activity! > > ;-) > > cheers, >

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 11:39:18AM +0530, Bipin Gupta wrote: > Larry, you are getting to be an expert on airplane shots. Beautiful > low light photo on your first link. Saw the rest too on Flickr & > Fluidr. Thanks Bipin, that's awfully nice of you to say. It was seriously my first attempt at pho

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 04:18:56AM +, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > 9497 and 9534 are my favourites from a very strong > set. Thanks. 9534 was one that I was considering as the one to post. Also 9560 (the last one with the plane barely visible). I was just lucky that my sister chose t

RE: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-02 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
9497 and 9534 are my favourites from a very strong set. Surprised cops didn't arrest you, though. Taking pictures in the dark at the end of a runway? Clearly terrorist activity! ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: August 2, 2013 8/2/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 05:15:15PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > That is a solid image! I like the sunset colors, but even more the > way the horizontal stabilizer is silhouetted against the sky and > towers over the control tower. Thanks. I was specifically trying to catch a frame when the p

Re: PESO sunset planespotting

2013-08-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a solid image! I like the sunset colors, but even more the way the horizontal stabilizer is silhouetted against the sky and towers over the control tower. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I finally got arou